At 0530 on December 16th, 1944, First Lieutenant Lyall Bu crouched in a frozen foxhole on Lanzeroth Ridge, watching a column of…
June 6th, 1944. 0630 hours, Omaha Beach, Normandy. Sergeant John Robert Slaughter of the 29th Infantry Division’s 116th Regiment waited through chestde…
The ballroom at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel was glowing with chandeliers and shining glasses of champagne on a cool night in March…
Clint Eastwood was in the middle of the most important scene of the film when the producer walked onto the set. The…
Richard Xanic was the most powerful man in Hollywood. He had greenlighted more hits than anyone in history. So when Clint Eastwood…
A 24-year-old contract player named Clint Eastwood sat in the office of Universal Studios casting director Robert Palmer expecting to discuss his…
Clint Eastwood stared at the phone bill on his kitchen table, $63. He had $42 in his checking account. His wife Maggie…
An executive laughed at Clint’s script. 30 days later, he asked for a job. A studio executive named Dennis Markham sat in…
Marcus Brennan walked onto the set of Pale Rider, convinced he was doing Clint Eastwood a favor. Two consecutive box office hits,…
Clint Eastwood checked into a hotel when the desk clerk stopped him. “Sir, I should inform you this is a luxury property.…